Virta Health review
Virta Health is a nutrition-first virtual program for diabetes reversal and sustainable weight loss, distributed through employers and health plans at no cost to members.
- Semaglutide
- Not disclosed
- Tirzepatide
- Not disclosed
- Coverage
- Coverage not published
- Brand-name
- Compounded only
Prices read from Virta Health's own site on . Providers change pricing without notice — check the current figure before you buy.
The scorecard
Virta Health scored on our six Brief Score factors. See the methodology.
What we like
- Offers a Responsible Prescribing track with optimized GLP-1 use
- Clinically monitored medication off-ramp toward nutrition therapy
- Nutrition-first model shown to rival GLP-1 weight loss (about 13% at 1 year)
- Provided at no cost to members through employers and health plans
- Strong evidence base for diabetes reversal and metabolic health
The caveats
- Primarily a nutrition program; GLP-1s are a secondary track
- Distributed via employers and health plans, no direct cash-pay
- Deliberately discourages GLP-1 use for most members
- GLP-1 access depends on the specific program the plan selects
The brief
Best for: Plan members wanting nutrition-first care with optional monitored GLP-1 use. Virta Health is a nutrition-first virtual program for diabetes reversal and sustainable weight loss, distributed through employers and health plans at no cost to members.
Ranked #448 of 546 providers we reviewed — see our #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, for comparison.
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Closest here
The providers scoring nearest Virta Health — the realistic shortlist if you're weighing it.
Weighing Virta Health against one provider in particular? There is a full head-to-head with our top-ranked pick in CoreAge Rx vs Virta Health, and every provider that outranks it is listed on the Virta Health alternatives ranking.
- #445Remedy Meds— Telehealth provider offering compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide programs.55/100
- #446Royal Medical Center— Royal Medical Center is a physician-led nationwide telehealth practice centered on hormone therapy that also offers a compounded tirzepatide weight-loss program (no semaglutide).55/100
- #447Steady State Health— Steady State Health is a women's-health telehealth practice run by nurse practitioner Josie Cowburn, DNP, FNP-C, serving Oregon and Washington.55/100
- #449VivioMD— Telehealth wellness provider that does not currently offer GLP-1 medications.55/100
- #450Balanced Hormone Health— Balanced Hormone Health is a private-pay telehealth practice rooted in HRT/BHRT that also offers compounded GLP-1 and GLP-1/GIP weight-loss plans, prescribing compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide.54/100
- #451Believe Health— Believe Health publishes no price for semaglutide, tirzepatide or its microdose program; the figures its own funnel code would render never appear on any page.54/100
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- #1 CoreAge Rx94
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- #11 Enhance MD85
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- #23 Amazon One Medical86
- #24 AgelessRx85
515 more are filed too — see every provider we track, ranked.
Pricing, states and verification reflect Virta Health's public disclosures at last review; the Brief Score is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on Virta Health's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.